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Championing Leadership for Women and Girls in ICT
Despite women now constituting 40% of high-skill occupations worldwide, their involvement in ICT-related fields remains disproportionately low. This year's International Girls in ICT Day celebrations emphasize the crucial necessity for influential female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The 2024 event, under the theme of "Leadership," highlights the importance of exposing girls and young women to leadership roles in STEM, aiming to inspire them and dismantle barriers that impede their advancement. Let's support #GirlsinICTday!
Russia vetoes Security Council draft resolution on a weapon-free outer space
24 April 2024 — Russia used its veto to quash a draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space.
UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid
24 April 2024 — A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the...
UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza and the West Bank
24 April 2024 — The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip and to...